VICTORIA - B.C.'s most-recent vital-statistics report says residents ofthis province continue to live longer than anywhere else in Canada, althoughcancer remains the leading cause of death.
The 140th edition of the report by theVital Statistics Agency contains information about births, deaths and marriagesfor 2011 and helps the provincial government develop plans for health researchand education.
It says life expectancy climbed to 82years, up from 81.7 years, but the oldest person to die in 2011 lived to be 112years old.
Cancer remains the leading cause of death,but the report says deaths due to HIV fell to 59 from 253 in 1996.
While the total number of deaths rose to31,776, the province's population grew naturally by 12,215 people, withouttaking migration into consideration.
The report says the most popular namesselected for boys were Liam, Ethan, Mason, Lucas and Benjamin, but for girlsthe names Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Chloe won out.
VICTORIA - BC的最人口统计报告表明，卑省居民的寿命比加拿大其他省要长久，癌症仍然是卑省居民的主要死亡原因。
第140次人口统计，调查2011年人口的出生，死亡和婚姻报告，为省政府制定健康研究和教育计划提供信息。
统计表明卑省人均寿命从81.7年上升到82岁，最长寿的人活到112岁，死于2011年。
癌症仍然是主要的死亡原因，但报告说，由于艾滋病毒而死亡从1996年的253下降到59。
虽然总的死亡人数上升到31776人，新生达43991，全省人口自然增长12,215人，再加新的移民增长。
报告说，新生男生选择最流行的名字是廉，阮经天，梅森，卢卡斯和便雅悯，但赢得了女孩的名字艾玛，奥利维亚，索菲亚，艾娃和Chloe。
